Pedro Sánchez seeks cross-party ‘Moncloa Pact’ for recovery programme
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Economy
Coronavirus in Spain: unemployment figures worst on record
Official unemployment figures released in Spain on Thursday have already seen the highest increase on record, according to the Labour and Social Security Ministry – but
Lawsuit against Spanish government for withholding regional funds
The Catalan government’s vice president Pere Aragonès has announced a lawsuit against the Spanish government for withholding regional funds. Aragonès, in charge of the finance
PSOE aims to reform ‘out-of-date’ state funding system
Spain’s Socialist (PSOE) party says it will consider reforming the way that Spain’s autonomous communities are funded if Pedro Sánchez is finally reinstated as prime
Nissan to cut 600 jobs in Catalonia
Nissan will cut 600 jobs in two plants in Catalonia after not reaching any deal with the unions involved. According to the company, four meetings
Spanish supermarket Dia to slash jobs
Financially troubled Spanish supermarket group Dia has said it wants to cut up to 2,100 jobs as it reported a massive loss. Dia, the target of
Spanish economy slowed in 2018
Spain’s economic growth slowed in 2018 to its lowest rate in four years as external demand dropped, official figures have showed. The Spanish economy expanded
Unemployment drops in Spain, yet still at 3.3m
Spain’s unemployment rate dropped in 2018 as the country’s services sector, which includes all-important tourism, generated more jobs, official figures showed Tuesday. At the end
Spanish jobless figure drops to 3.2m
Spanish jobless queues were shorter in 2018, even for the worst-affected youth, though the country still counts 3.2 million people as unemployed, the labour ministry
Concrete ‘ghost towns’ still haunting Spain
Concrete ghost towns still haunt Spain, 10 years after the 2008 global economic crisis caused a housing boom to crumble, bankrupting developers and dotting the